Malcolm Gladwell: What the Dog Saw
A week ago, I posted a couple times about my new fascination with animal psychology.
In looking for more info on the topic, I came across this fantastic three year old piece by Malcolm Gladwell. I initially assumed he’d simply found a way to shoehorn his liberal agenda into an otherwise interesting topic, but it was actually, refreshingly apolitical.
It’s commonly said that dogs can “sense fear.” This piece does a great job of breaking down exactly what that means, without getting into mysticism. The primary subject is Cesar Millan, television’s Dog Whisperer.
The contrast I particularly enjoy in the article is Millan, a man who’s surprisingly physical with animals, telling owners that he doesn’t believe their claim that they love their pets.
This piece is a bit of an investment (it prints to 11 pages), so if you don’t have one already, you should get an Instapaper account and chip away at it on your iPhone, Kindle, or computer when you have the time.
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papilicious reblogged this from alexbain and added:
Another great post...I’m also very fascinated...- animal...
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